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Guest Dangerous A
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"We don't have to take our Clothes off" by Jermaine Stewart.

 

That song just strikes a chord with me for some reason. (and no, I'm not gay)

Guest Banky
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'i got you' by split enz

That song RULES!!!

 

DA's song? yea, it sucks.

Guest CoreyLazarus416
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Tears For Fears - "Mad World"

Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

Tears For Fears - "Shout"

 

A-Ha - "Take On Me"

 

A Flock Of Seagulls - "Ran So Far Away"

 

Simple Minds - "Don't You Forget About Me"

 

Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

 

And a large number of awesome 80's metal tunes.

Guest godthedog
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"total eclipse of the heart" by bonnie tyler

"smooth operator" by sade

"once in a lifetime" by talking heads

anything from the first 2 pixies albums

lots of themes: miami vice, beverly hills cop, knight rider

"kiss" by prince

"tom's diner" by suzanne vega

"kiss off," "american music," "add it up" all by violent femmes

Guest razazteca
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Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Rock It - Herbie Hancock

The Jungle - Grand Master Flash & Furious 5

Planet Rock - Afrika Bambata & Zulu Nation

Guest Dangerous A
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DA's song? yea, it sucks.

Does not! Ass.

Guest Eagan469
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"Human" - Human League

"Advice For The Young At Heart" - Tears For Fears

"Boys Of Summer" - Don Henley

"Look Of Love" - ABC

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds

"Original Sin" - INXS

"It's My Life" - Talk Talk

Guest T®ITEC
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"Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz is one of the bestest songs to date.

Guest IDrinkRatsMilk
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I like Prince too much to talk about his shit. But...

 

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (I'm never sure of the exact title) - Dead or Alive

"Strange Love" - Depeche Mode

"Blasphemous Rumors" - Depeche Mode

"Sex" - Berlin

"Dancing With Myself" - Billy Idol

"Weird Science" - Oingo Boingo

 

those are cool.

Guest Banky
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there's just too many to list

Thanks for adding that.......

Guest El Satanico
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Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

Aha - Take On Me

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter

Billy Idol

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive

Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory

Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got

Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round

Devo - Whip It

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Duran Duran - Her Name Is Rio

Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

Gary Neuman - Cars

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction album(I don't care for much of their other stuff)

Inxs - Suicide Blonde

Inxs - Devil Inside

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Crimson And Clover

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll

L.A. Guns - The Ballad Of Jayne

Men At Work - Land Down Under

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Morris Day and the Time - Jungle Love

Motley Crue

New Order - Blue Monday

Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children

Simple Minds - If You Leave

Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

Simple Minds - Dont You Forget About Me

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Skid Row - 18 And Life

Slaughter - Up All Night

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

U2 - With Or Without You

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Guest Memphis
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"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (I'm never sure of the exact title) - Dead or Alive

I love that song.

 

MJ & Prince owned the fuckin' 80's so they automatically take the top spots.

 

'Billie Jean' & 'When Doves Cry' in particular.

 

M

Guest Vern Gagne
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Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen

 

Rio-Duran Duran

 

Hungry like a Wolf-Duran Duran

 

Loverboy-Everybody's working for the weekend.

 

Rocket-Herbie Hancock

 

Karma Chameleon-Culture Club

 

Wham-Wake me up before you go go

Guest Heel In Peril
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Lots of good ones listed already. Here are some:

 

The Cure - The entire Disintegration album

Spandau Ballet - True

Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want (I'm pretty sure it was still the 80's.)

John Waite - Missing You

Cyndi Lauper - Good Enough (I've been a hardcore Goonies mark since forever.)

Peter Gabriel - Your Eyes

Journey - Open Arms

Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love (Maybe most of us wouldn't buy his album or anything, but you have to admit when you hear this in Karate Kid it touches something inside a dude.)

Posted

'Fade to Black' Metallica

 

And some MJ shit, maybe Smooth Criminal.

Guest nl5xsk1
Posted (edited)

If we're talking stereotypical 80's songs (i.e. New Wave and popular music) then I'd have add:

1. Steppin' Out (by Joe Jackson)

2. Big Country (by Big Country)

3. And She Was (by Talking Heads)

4. I Want Candy (by Bow Wow Wow)

5. Drive (by the Cars)

 

If we're talking any song released in the 80's, my top 5 would be:

1. Nervous Breakdown (by Black Flag)

2. American Town (by the Freeze)

3. Sanitarium (by Metallica)

4. Straightline Thinking (by the SubHumAns)

5. Salad Days (by Minor Threat)

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Guest Agent of Oblivion
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Karma Chameleon-Culture Club

 

Ok. I never used to care about this song one way or the other..until I saw this commercial on VH1, of an animated cat, dressed like Boy George, singing this song..

 

A cartoony chameleon pops out and starts dancing like crazy..then another cat pops up out of nowhere, playing the harmonica.

 

I've seen it a few times, and every single time, I absolutely lost it. It's the funniest commercial I've ever seen, hands down.

 

80's stuff worth a shit:

 

Slayer.

Some Ozzy

A few Rush tracks.

Early Sepultura.

 

yep..

Guest kane3212321
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Giorgio & Phil - Electric Dreams

Renee Geyer - Say I Love You

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

Australian Crawl - Downhearted

OMD - If You Leave

Christopher Cross - Arthurs Theme

Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach

Guest Spaceman Spiff
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"Africa" - Toto

"Message" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

"Kids in America" - Kim Wilde

"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" - Human League

Guest oldschoolwrestling
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Barnes and Barnes - Fish Heads

Modern English - Melt With You

Hall and Oates - Maneater

Prince - Purple Rain

Micheal Jackson - Billy Jean

Journey - Open Arms

Styx - Best of Times

Buggles- Video Killed the Radio Star

Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

Police - Every Breath You Take

Devo - Whip It

Posted

Top 80s Songs:

 

"I Ran"-A Flock of Seagulls

"Harden My Heart"- Quarterflash

"Wild, Wild Life"- Talking Heads

"Modern Love"- David Bowie

"Listen like Thieves"- INXS

"Shout"- Tears for Fears

"Dead Man's Party"- Oingo Boingo

"You are what You is"- Frank Zappa

"Private Eyes"- Hall and Oates

"Big Country"- Big Country

"Don't Dream it's Over"- Crowded House

"Raptre"- Blondie

"The Message"- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

"Allentown"- Billy Joel

"We Didn't Start the Fire"- Billy Joel

"Boys Don't Cry"- The Cure

"The Lovecats"- The Cure

"Down Under" and "Who Can it Be Now?"- Men at Work

"Hip to Be Square"- Huey Lewis and the News

The entire Sports album-Huey Lewis and the News

"She Blinded Me with Science"- Thomas Dolby

"Rockit"- Herbie Hancock

"Somebody's Watching Me"- Rockwell

"Two of Hearts"- Stacy Q

"Manic Monday" and "Hazy Shade of Winter"- The Bangles

"Vacation"- The Go-Go's

"Don't You Want Me?"- Human League

"Holdin' Back the Years"- Simply Red

"If You Don't Know Me by Now"- Simply Red

"Walk the Dinosaur"- Was Not Was

"Life in a Northern Town"- Dream Academy

"68 Guns"- The Alarm

"Rio", "Hungry like the Wolf", and "The Reflex"- Duran Duran

"Wrapped Around Your Finger"- The Police

"China Girl"- David Bowie

"Time"- Culture Club

"Tazan boy"- Baltimora

"Come On Eileen"- Dexy's Midnight Runners

"Safety Dance"- Men Without Hats

"Nasty Boys" and "Pleasure Principle"- Janet Jackson

"Drive" and "Shake it Up"- The Cars

"C'est la Vie"- Robbie Nevil

 

And finally, "The MOTHERFUCKING Warrior"- Scandal

 

Alson, anything recorded by Prince and Michael Jackson is included as well.

Guest Zack Malibu
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Whoever had said "Tom's Diner", I believe that was '90 or '91.

 

My submissions:

 

"Somebody's Watching Me"-Rockwell

 

"The Final Countdown" and "Carrie"-Europe

 

"Cruel Summer" and "Venus"-Bananarama

 

"Rock Me Amadeus"-Falco

 

"Dead Man's Party"-Oingo Boingo

 

"Careless Whipser"-Wham (one of the greatest slow songs EVER, IMO.)

 

"Carribean Queen"-Billy Ocean

 

"Hooked On You", "Sincerely Yours", "If Wishes Came True"-Sweet Sensation

 

"All Cried Out"-Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

 

Most of you are unfamiliar with the freestyle music I adore, so I'll spare you from a list of all the hits from that era. I'll probably add more to this list later today.

Guest razazteca
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Most of you are unfamiliar with the freestyle music I adore, so I'll spare you from a list of all the hits from that era. I'll probably add more to this list later today.

never speak of Stevie B.

Guest Zack Malibu
Posted
Never speak of Stevie B.

That's actually how I got into it. My cousin toured with Stevie B. as a backup singer/dancer and also helped in the studio. He's what got me into freestyle. I'm actually gonna see him (and hopefully meet him finally) tomorrow night.

Guest razazteca
Posted

his songs are worst than Emo.

 

Pretty Tony and Egyptian Lover are better.

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